Robin Roberts coached Chris Welsh when both were at South Florida; I am sure Chris will have plenty of Roberts stories in his upcoming broadcasts, he has always spoken very highly of Robin Roberts in the past.

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Tornon

05-06-2010, 07:05 PM

Does this mean that we might be losing someone else since things like this always seem to happen in 3s? Harwell.. Roberts.. ???...

Bob Borkowski

05-06-2010, 10:42 PM

Ah, yes, Robin Roberts, one of the great ones, no doubt.

I'll always remember the game he pitched against the Reds at Shibe Park in the early 50s. Bobby Adams lead off the game with a homer and that was the only hit they had all night. A possibility here is that Adams was the only guy to reach base, I just can't remember for sure. Maybe I'll check that out later, unless someone beats me to the punch.

Roberts allowed lots of homers because he was always around the plate. Great control.

Chip R

05-06-2010, 10:48 PM

Ah, yes, Robin Roberts, one of the great ones, no doubt.

I'll always remember the game he pitched against the Reds at Shibe Park in the early 50s. Bobby Adams lead off the game with a homer and that was the only hit they had all night. A possibility here is that Adams was the only guy to reach base, I just can't remember for sure. Maybe I'll check that out later, unless someone beats me to the punch.

Roberts allowed lots of homers because he was always around the plate. Great control.

Yeah. A lot of those HRs were solo shots.

westofyou

05-07-2010, 12:54 AM

Ah, yes, Robin Roberts, one of the great ones, no doubt.

I'll always remember the game he pitched against the Reds at Shibe Park in the early 50s. Bobby Adams lead off the game with a homer and that was the only hit they had all night. A possibility here is that Adams was the only guy to reach base, I just can't remember for sure. Maybe I'll check that out later, unless someone beats me to the punch.

Roberts allowed lots of homers because he was always around the plate. Great control.

56 years ago next week, good memory, now I don't feel so odd with my own memories of games from 38-40 years ago.